Report

Apprehension and the Aging of Undocumented Parents

Authors:

Laura Enriquez, University of California, Irvine
Josefina Flores Morales, University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

Popular images of undocumented immigrants often call to mind workers—nannies, gardeners, restaurant staff, factory and field workers, housekeepers—the list goes on. But these popular images present undocumented immigrants as one-dimensional, lone adults present in the United States to toil away. In reality, their lives are more layered.